One of the hardest parts of being nerdy (besides the uncomfortable pants) and liking games is finding someone else to play said games with. I’ve tried over the years to find folks who like the strange blend of games I prefer but it’s been rather difficult. I’m too weird, even to gamers....

A couple years ago, when I still had steady employment, I was required to take a trip to another city for work. Excellent, I thought, and began researching that city’s game stores and groups. I contacted a group of fellows who LARPed and played board and miniature games, and they emailed me back. We arranged to meet in a field.

That should have been my first clue, right? Who meets strangers in a field?

The work thing I was there for turned out to be chokingly boring and gut-wrenchingly morale destroying (can you tell how much I liked my job?) so I was rather excited and happy when it came time to find the field and meet the fellows who wanted...